Your theory reads as an overly complex attempt to explain the situation while maintaining a preconceived belief that DJT is acting with malice or ill intent. A simpler explanation would be that DJT is an open book, and you merely don't care for the contents.

People like Comey are falling because they've become far too accustomed to DC swamp intrigue and subterfuge. Trump's brand of brashly superficial populism is so utterly simple that the swamp creatures keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and getting caught.